Κάλλος

[Strength] is in the symmetry of the similar parts in us, [of the sinews, bones, and lungs], [but beauty is in symmetry of the dissimilar parts], of the face, the neck, the hands, the other parts, which are secondary to our primary powers. By the same reasoning strength would be proved preferable to beauty: for the similar parts in us, in which [is] our strength, are prior to the dissimilar parts, in which [is] our beauty. For each of the dissimilar parts consists of similar parts, as the face [consists] of bones and sinews and flesh. For this reason [each dissimilar part] is also removed when [the similar parts] are removed, but when [the dissimilar part] is removed, it does not remove¹ [the similar parts] along with it.